Initially formed in 1929 in a warehouse in Selcuk, who was brought in excavations and artifacts collected from the environment. In 1964, it completed construction of the southern section of the museum used to this day and has started works to be exhibited.

The museum consists of several halls, is not enough for excavation works brought from the northern part was built in 1976, it has been extended. Museum of archeology and ethnography (in between) consists of two main sections.